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Originally Posted by Cazamoline
Thanks for all the warm welcomes.
I got the Dobsonian set up last night and managed to view the moon however it was quite blurry and I just could not get it to focus. Thankfully another user on IIS had the same problem and was advised to remove the 2" scope and to just have the 1.25" scope in. I did that this morning and was hoping to test it again tonight but we have cloud cover here 
Malcolm - The telescope came with basic assembly instructions that have a part at the back on aligning your finder scope. I am yet to attempt it as I only tried collimating it -which by the way I nailed! 
Brent - I've never heard of Stellarium but am in the process of downloading it now. That's one of the things I really wanted to view was the Orion Nebular so I can't wait to try and find it. |
When you say "2" scope" do you mean the 2" eyepiece adaptor? Sounds like it is a Skywatcher scope which have a slightly odd system with their adaptors. I don't use one so am not 100% sure but I think it wont work if you have both adaptors in.
Cheers
Malcolm